Bishop John Ahern Torpie †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cairns

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Aug 1910		Born	Gympie
25 Nov 1934	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brisbane, Australia
14 Sep 1967	57.1	Appointed	Bishop of Cairns, Australia
30 Nov 1967	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cairns, Australia
13 Dec 1967	57.4	Installed	Bishop of Cairns, Australia
5 Aug 1985	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Cairns, Australia
30 Dec 2000	90.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cairns, Australia

a priest for 66.1 years
a bishop for 33.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop James Duhig †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill †
Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Ahern Torpie † (1967)
Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell † (1949)
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Alexius Bathersby
Bishop James Foley

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)

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